All I have is you.” Thomas straightened up. His heart felt as if it had frozen in his chest. “And I am not enough?” “You can’t be my only reason to stay,” Alastair whispered. “I can’t expect you to carry that weight. It isn’t fair to you.” “I wish,” Thomas said, surprised at the coldness in his own voice, “that you would stop telling me what the best thing for me is. You tell me over and over that there are all these reasons why you think my loving you would be bad for me.” Alastair’s chest was rising and falling quickly. “I didn’t say anything about love.” “Well, I did,” Thomas said. “You
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